This Is How I Let You Down

The Franklin Electric

Montreal-based alternative folk-pop band The Franklin Electric turned heads in 2012, claiming first prize in a Nashville song writing competition with the infectious song, “Old Piano”. The group then banded together to lay down their debut album "This is How I Let You Down". The band includes Jon Matte on vocals / piano / trumpet, Liam Killen on the drums & vocals, Martin Desrosby on the bass, and Alexis Messier on guitars.

Unsatisfied Lyrics

And I got reasons to hide
I got feelings to show
I know this much, there's still lots to learn
To learn to let go
And I got five minutes left to go
To feel satisfied and full
Won't you take it all away?
Till the love inside might burn

And I feel so unsatisfied

And I can see it in your face
Can't you taste it on your tongue?
Can someone please tell me where it's coming from?
Each time your hunger struck and you leave it unsatisfied
And the feeling leaves you lonely one more time

And I feel so unsatisfied

Am I breaking teeth on every bite?
Had I known this ongoing hunger in my mind
Maybe I'd already be satisfied

And I'm face to face
And now I'm face to face
And I'm facing myself unsatisfied

Forget about those words
Won't you forget about yourself?
The wolfs are getting hungry
But the more that they desire
The more that they're without it
To justify being satisfied
Without,

This Is How I Let You Down Lyrics

Got me so locked away again, locked away again somehow
Trust in me, I'd lead you blindly, if I needed someone to follow my role
This is how I let you down, this is how I let you down
And I never been scared to show
Somehow I'm feeling it more as I get old
And I guess it ain't a TV show

You spoke the words I'd love to hear but still you chose to follow my lead
I know your heart was alone, leading you blind,
but somehow you knew it all this time
This is how I let you down, this is how I let you down
And I never been scared to show
Somehow I'm feeling it more as I get old
And I guess it ain't a TV show

A room full of mirrors and it's making me turn
Nobody can help you when the medicine burns
This is how I let you down
And I never been scared to show
Somehow I'm feeling it more as I get old
And I guess it ain't a TV show

17 Lyrics

She makes me feel like I am just 17,
We had all of the time in the world so we won't say a thing
And we climbed to the top of the greatest of towering trees
I'd hold her so tight to say the least
And we swore it was love but we were both high as high can be

I've been here before when I was just 17,
Yeah I swore on a feeling my actions were hard to believe
I wanted the perks but had no means of facing a real responsibility

And that's when I felt that I might miss out tonight
Shall we try it all over again just to see if we'd like
Cheap thrills and pleasures all I need
And shes climbs into my arms and blindly trusts in me

She spokes so softly I heard my backbone give out
And it's driving me crazy every single day without a doubt
Just as I said before that we break the rules tonight
Ask me if I've got a reason the reason she won't like

And she hit the spot that brought me back to 17
I've been here before,The feeling ain't new to me,
She smiled and she stares in silence was all I need
It's me and you dancing till we run out of the steam

And she could dance like trees do sway
Cheap thrills and pleasures always fade
And she comes in many shapes and shades,
Her face will always, always be the same

Show Me The Quiet Air Lyrics

Show me the quiet air, a face that fades without worry or care
Show me a pioneer who tells a story they've been hiding for so long, won't you
Show me another sign my third eyes gone blind and I seek deep to find Won't you show me

She told me once again, now let it pass me by and I keep holding on to her words
Show me an honest friend who tells me all the truths I need to learn about giving in
Control me like a puppet on a string let me wall out inside my soul until I break it

Hold me when I'm empty and you're full after that steam train keeps coming round and knocking me down

Might I say at this time you're all I need
And now I see It's just me in my mind

You are the one that I've been looking for
You are the one that I've been looking for
You are the one that I've been looking for

Uninvited (Storm) Lyrics

You know I can see just why you make believe a story line,
I pull you in and let you go hopeless are the nights you know
And every local pub and shop and every grocery store I'm found
In light of all the dark around there's an uninvited someone

In the minds of most
I'm the uninvited ghost
You know the type that hides and waits for you to put your guard down tonight
Might be a warm southern wind tempting and so unsuspecting
Maybe the thought that storm is brewing something from the north so soon

I'm the rain that makes the river rise and creeps so slow
I'm that chance you had but walked away only if you had known
I'm that reoccurring thought that's haunting you it keeps on coming back around
I'm that last laugh you meant to have and realized you're missing out, you're missing out

Some light the flame on that lamp, kerosene is empty and the wick is damp
We're all pretenders of these golden times unprepared and can't decide
In all the hearts and minds of most lies a broken ego and holy ghost,
A faith that hides behind an overdose, and a broken heart

I'm the rain that makes the river rise and that creeps so slow
I'm that chance you had but walked away only if you had known
I'm that bird that chose to fly against the wind and never seemed to get no ground
I'm that reoccurring thought that keeps on coming back around,
In every corner store and pizza shop or social club I'm found
I'm the last words that you heard before you realize the storm touched down

Here we are again sitting lonely in the shadow of a ghost
It shows just in the face sounds are synchronized with all the things they say
Wait it out again, chase it out again, take your time my friend

Alone Lyrics

And I took one good look at myself
As the mirror suggested, that I don't have a clue
But this unfamiliar face, I'm staring at a blank set of eyes again
Maybe once in a while you should take a deep look and see

And you barely know
So you take the time it needs
Just to focus on it before it leaves
It's gone

And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone

There's a voice that I heard and it's calling from underneath my feet
And I'm surrounded by these images and these perfect people that I'm supposed to be
And there she is
There ain't no difference, ain't no difference
Between me and you

Or everyone in the places just like me,
Holding hands with the devil and the other hands free
Maybe there's some hope for us
Maybe there's hope for me

And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
Alone

Trust and naive for you
Somebody else you can look to
Ensure you're safely much alone alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
And it's hard just to face this one alone
Alone